Val Kilmer dead at 65.

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28. I did some costume graphics for "The Doors" movie...

...I had a meeting with the costume designer at SIR Studios in Hollywood.

The director wanted the actors playing The Doors to actually play their instruments during the music performance scenes, so they were rehearsing the songs to that end.

When I arrived at SIR, Val was standing in the hall outside the studio where the other actors were running through the tunes.

He was in character as Jim Morrison, and, as a "method actor," once he became Jim, he stayed in character, until all the scenes were shot, completed, and on film.

So when I met him at SIR, I met Jim Morrison, not Val Kilmer. He introduced himself to me as "Jim."

It was kinda weird.

Oh, and, the actors playing their instruments in the film did not work out, they were not good enough to pull it off.